Bingo Caller at the PerseveranceSocial Club – South Shields Back in April we announced that Playing Bingo had commissioned the photographer Michael Hess to visit a number of UK bingo halls, in a follow-up to his his excellent book Bingo And Social Club. The original book was a visually stunning document of the players and […]
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Lucky Couple Use Bingo Win To Pay For Wedding
Getting hitched is expensive these days, with everything from the dress to the venue to pay for, it’s little wonder so many of us are living in sin. However, for one lucky couple who won £12,000 at the bingo, it’s a dream come true, and the cash will be used to pay for their dream […]
Harry Potter Bingo
It’s great to hear of celebs playing bingo in a good old fashioned bingo hall, we’re sure a lot of them play online, but I doubt they are going to admit to that as they may fear it would ruin their credibility. While there’s nothing wrong with playing bingo online it’s also a privacy issue, […]
Playing Bingo Commissions Bingo Photographer
Playing Bingo have commissioned photographer Michael Hess to photograph more bingo halls in the UK. We already have some of his photographs, but, we loved them so much we decided to commission him to take some more. The original photographs were from his book Bingo And Social Club which was published in 2010, and was […]
New Club Pages Added
Being as it is Spring, we’ve decided to do a bit of spring cleaning on the site, which has meant creating some new Lost Halls pages to replace the Club Pages of halls that have closed down over the years. It is always sad to find out a club has closed, but, the good news […]
Mecca Bingo’s Search For Inspirational Women
Mecca Bingo are running a search to find a great mother and daughter team. The idea is that they receive nominations of truly inspirational women. Although we don’t have the exact criteria, we are guessing that they are looking for women who have shown a certain amount of self sacrifice when supporting others, be it […]
Welsh Bingo Halls Hit Hard
It’s no surprise to hear that bingo clubs have been hit by the recession. Like many other industries the halls have really been feeling the pinch brought on by the economic climate, and austerity measures. Wales in particular has been hit hard. The reasons for this may be many fold. Unemployment in Wales is high, […]
Bingo Fracas In Old Folk’s Home
Despite my constant reiteration of how safe it is to play bingo, it seems that for people above a certain age there is a tendency towards scrapping when it comes to bingo. There have been a few news articles about elderly people and bingo related violence, and the latest is again an incident concerning two […]
Big Win For Mum At Newport Castle Bingo
Most bingo players treat a session as a good excuse to get out of the house, and do a bit of socialising, as although winning the jackpot is in the back of every player’s mind, we are all well aware of the statistical probabilities when it comes to hitting full house, particularly when playing the […]
More Bad News For Bingo Halls
Bingo halls have certainly been through some difficulties in the decade. First the opening of many online bingo sites saw many players take their game online instead of heading out to the bingo hall and then the smoking ban saw off many players who were left. With an older demographic, those bingo players are not […]
